Amusement device.



B. G. MANTEROLA.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 11, 1914.

Patented Sept 29, 1914.

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AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept; 29, 1914.

Application filed March 11, 1914. Serial No. 823,924.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Euennro OHOUTEAUlilnnrnnonx, a citizen of the Republic of Chile, and a resident ofRancagua, Chile, South America, have invented .a new and ImprovedAmusement Device, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates structures resorts, and 1s so designed as toproduce the imaginary effect of an aerial trip to a distant planet in aprojectile which is supposed to be projected from the structure, whichlatter is in the form of a cannon having its muzzle pointed upwardly,while as a matter of fact the projectile is nothing more than a carwhich is mounted within the structure and has a movement accompaniedwith an explosion, so that the participants will imagine that they arebeing projected through space, and at the end of the flight they leavethe car and enter a hall, chamber, passageway or cavern containing moreor less grotesque and fantastic vegetation, buildings, inhabitants,etc., whereby the travelers imagine they have arrived at their planetarydestination, and from this chamber an exit is made again to the street,but at a point remote from the entrance to the amusement device.

The invention has for its general objects to provide an amusement deviceof the character referred to which is of comparatively simple andinexpensive construction, occupies a comparatively small space, requiresa minimum number of attendants and constitutes and efiective and safesource of amusement.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an amusementstructure which has the external form of a huge cannon barrel set on itsbreech and having its muzzle pointed upwardly, non means for producing arising cloud of dense smoke; and means for causing the smoke to beilluminated when an explosion occurs, whereby the illuminated smoke willserve as means to attract patrons and to ad vertise and give publicityto the attraction.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an endless systemof cars which extends from a station or landinq high up in the structureto a point in the base thereof, whereby those participating in theamusement are carried from the said land to amusement especially adaptedfor pleasure v muzzle 2.

there being in the can ing tothe basement in a manner that creates theimpression that they are ascending through space, there being meanswithin the structure, such as stairs, elevators or the like, whereby theparticipants are carried from the entrance of the structure at thestreet level to the landing or station at the upper part of thestructure.

With these objects in view, and others which wlll appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention comprises various novel features ofconstruction and arrangement of parts such as will be set forth withparticularity in the following description and claims appended hereto.

- In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of theinvention, and wherein similar characters of reference indicate:corresponding parts in all the ;views, Figure 1 is a side view of theamusement structure; Fig. 2 1s a section on the :line 2-2; and Fig. 8 isa vertical section of the structure.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a body of the structure which maybe made of metal, concrete or masonry, and in shape approximates abarrel of a cannon which tapers upwardly from the base at 1 to the Thebase of the cannon-like structureis preferably, although notnecessarily, extended into the earth and rests on "a suitablefoundation. Extending from the floor 3 to a suitable height is anelevator shaft 4 in which is contained a passengerconveyingmeanswhiclrin the present instance isin the form of an endless system of cars5 which are connected together by links or equivalent means 6, wherebyan endless chain is formed. A shaft 7 is mounted in the upper part ofthe car shaft 4: and has wheels 8' provided with journal- .engagingdevices 9 which engage the journals 10 on the sides of the cars 5, suchjournals forming f pivotal connections between adjacent links 6 of theendless chain. These devices 9 are equivalent to the teeth of sprocketwheels for engagement with a sprocket chain. At the bottom of the carshaft 4 is another horizontal shaft 11 which has wheels 12 equivalent tothe wheels 8 in the upper part of the shaft. The cars are of coursependant so that they will always maintain a vertical position, and theendless system of cars is adapted to move in such a direction that thecars on the left side, Fig 3, will descend, while those on the rightside Will ascend. The power transmitting or driving plant 13 may beconnected with the lower shaft 11 to impart movement to the cars, andthis mechanism may include a centrifugally-operated brake means 14,whereby the descending movement of the cars under the weight of the canbe retarded. A brake shoe 15 operated by a fluid or other motor 16 maybe employed to stop the movement of the cars whenever desired.

The entrance .to the amusement structure is had-through a doorway 17 atthe base 1, and vby means'of stairs 18 or equivalent means access is hadto a station or landing 19. Those who desire to take the imaginary tripto a remote planet, as for instance, the planet Mars, enter the cannonor body A at 17, and after securing tickets at the ticket window 20-theyascend to the upper portion of the structure, such structure beingentirely devoid of windows or light emitting means, since its exteriorsurface is solid and unbroken, and consequently the interior of thecannonis lightedat all points artificially, as by incandescent lights21. At the landing 19 there may be provided an anteroom 22 at which will:be stationed an announcer who will explain the contemplated trip to theplanet Mars and give the necessary directions, it being important thathe impress it upon the passengers the fact that they will make an ascentinto space when the cannon is fired .ofi. The passengers proceed fromthe anteroom 22 through a door 23 and travel through rooms and passagesin the direction indicated by the arrows, Fig. 2, until they come to theentry 24 to the projectile, which latter is entered through an openingor doorway 25. The projectile is nothing more than one of the cars 5which has come to a position of rest at the entry 24;. When u the car:has received the-required number of passengers a conductor on the carwill give the required signal and the'engineer whose duty it is tocontrol the movements of the cars will permit the passenger-filled carto descend, the movement-being so slow that the passenger isnot-awarethat itis going downwardly, especially'in view of the fact that it hasbeen im-presed on him by the .announcer in the antechamber 22 that theywould ascend. At the time the car begins to move there Will be a loudexplosion as if the car or projectile were being projected from thecannon. At the same time there will be a smell of powder smoke. In eachcarrnay bezarran-ged a phonograph 26 to afford amusement to thepassengers in the flight to Mars, and telephones 27 will be installedtherein for pretended messages between the conductor and the earth fromwhich-the car is projected.

' In the iupperpartof the car shaft tor at any other suitable place is adeton-ating depassengers the structure. be an aerial explosive rocketwhich will be vice of any desired construction and designated by 28,such device being manually or automatically set off every time a carstarts a trip from the point of receiving the pas sengers, and thisdetonating device 28 will serve to produce the powder smoke which thepassengers smell, as above pointed out.

The passengers leave the car at the station 29 in the basement of thestructure, which station is supposed to be the landing place on theplanet Mars. The attendants draw aside curtains 30 to admit thepassengers to a vestibule 31, and then the door 32 is opened to admitthe travelers to a chamber, hall or cavern 33, which is lighted andcontains fantastically-dressed persons who represent Martians, as wellas representations of scenery, dwellings and the like, whereby thetravelers will receive the impression that they have arrived on a newplanet. The attendants conduct the travelers through the chamber 33 andup one or more flights of stairs 34; to a small building 35 which hasdoors 36,Whereby the travelers expect that they are being led into abuilding of which the interior of the building 35 is the vestibule. Theattendants at the doors unlock them so as to permit the passengers topass into the supposed building, but instead the doors lead out to thesidewalk, so that in reality the small building 25 is the point of exitof the amusement structure, and this exit is located at a point remotefrom the entrance 17. The upper part of the structure A is built with afurnace 37 in which straw or other fuel is burned so as to produce athick cloud of smoke which rises and passes into the air through themuzzle at 2, and searchlights or projectors 38 are manipulated by anattendant so as to cast rays of light on the smoke and illuminate thesame as it leaves the structure, whereby persons from all points far andnear can see the flashes of illuminated smoke, which flashes will beaccompanied with loud detonations produced by a detonating device 39 inthe upper part of Such detonating device may discharged out of themuzzle of the cannon.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operationwill be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which i theinvention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation, together with the device which I now consider to be the bestembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desiredas are within the scope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

sengers are conveyed by the said conveying means, said hall beingadapted to contain persons representing inhabitants of the dis tantplanet and representations of buildings, vegetation and the like, andmeans of exit from the said chamber.

3. An amusement device for creating the impression of being projected toa distant planet or through space, comprising a can non-like structurehaving an entrance, passenger-conveying means therein, means forproducing sounds of explosion in the structure, means of exit, means forproducing and discharging smoke from the top of the structure, and meansfor illuminating the dis charged smoke.

4:. An amusement device for creating the impression of being projectedto a distant planet or through space, comprising a cannon-like structurehaving an entrance, passenger-conveying means therein, means forproducing sounds of explosion in the structure, means of exit, means forproducing and discharging smoke from the top of the structure, means forilluminating the discharged smoke, and a detonating device in the upperportion of said structure.

5. An amusement device for creating the ii'npression of being projectedto a distant planet, comprising a cannon-like structure, a landing orstat-ion in the upper portion thereof, a landing or station in the baseof the structure, means whereby passengers can reach the upper landing.a series of movable cars for conducting the passengers to the lowerlanding, mechanism for controlling the movementof the cars, a chamberunder ground and communicating with the base of the structure, stairsleading upwardly from the chamber, and an exit building at the head ofthe stairs.

6. An amusement device for creating the impression of being projected toa distant planet, comprising a cannon-like structure, a landing orstation in the upper portion thereof, a landing or station in the baseof 6 0 the structure, means whereby passengers can reach the upperlanding, a series of movable cars for conducting the passengers to thelower landing, mechanism for controlling the movement of the cars, achamber under ground and communicating with the base of the structure,stairs leading upwardly from the chamber, an exit building at the headof the stairs, and means above the upper landing for producing smoke anddischarging it out of the top of the structure.

7. An amusement device for creating the impression ofbeing projected toa distant planet, comprising a cannon-like structure,

a landing or station in the upper portion thereof, a landing or stationin the base of the structure, means whereby passengers can reach theupper landing, a series of movable cars for conducting the passengers tothe lower landing, mechanism for controlling the movement of the cars, achamber under ground and communicating with the base of the structure,stairs leading upwardly from the chamber, an exit building at the headof the stairs, and means in the structure for producing detonations.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUGENIO CHOUTEAU MAN"EROLA.

Witnesses: Gnonen CRAIG,

YULIO CHOUTEAU.

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Washington, D. G.

